blessed (Jesus' entry into Jerusalem)

The Greek that is translated in English as “blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord” is translated in Mazagway with a phrase that can be back-translated to “God puts the hand of the chief on the man who has come in his name.” (Source: Ken Hollingsworth)

See also bless(ed)

Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last

Illustration by Annie Vallotton, copyright by Donald and Patricia Griggs of Griggs Educational Service. More images can be viewed at rotation.org .

The following is a church window based on another image of Annie Vallotton of the same scene. This is installed in a church of the Union des Églises Baptistes du Cameroun in Mowo (Mokong), Cameroon.

Photo and the following description by Ken Hollingsworth

“The windows are open with no screens or glass. The pictures were fabricated by projecting the picture using an overhead projector on a piece of plywood. They were drawn on the plywood with charcoal. Then the fabricator cut pieces of iron rebar to make the picture. Then the iron pieces were welded together. Later, when the pictures were installed, they were painted with different colors to help the people ‘see’ the picture.”

music

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The Greek in Luke 15:25 that is translated in English as “music” is translated in Muna as “the sound of the gong and the drum.” René van den Berg explains: “There is no abstract word for ‘music’ (the footnote has the loan musik).”

In other languages it is translated as:

  • Noongar: “singing” (source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Mazagway: “the sound of singing”
  • Mofu-Gudur: “the sound of drumming” (source for this and above: Ken Hollingsworth)
  • Uma: “people playing flutes” (source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “playing-of-the-kulintang/gongs” (source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “drum” (source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Mairasi: “the sound of songs” (source: Enggavoter 2004)
  • Hiligaynon: “sounds” (source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Burmese: “the sound of beating-blowing” (“‘Beating blowing’ is a general term for instrumental music and covers the sound of percussion instruments, wind and brass instruments which are blown, and some stringed instruments which are also ‘beaten.'” — source: Anonymous)

Jesus Ascended to Heaven

Painting by Wang Suda 王肅達 (1910-1963),
Copyright by the Catholic University Peking, China

Text under painting translated from Literary Chinese into English:
Jesus Ascended to Heaven
The Lord returned to Heaven and was seated at the right hand of Father

Image taken from Chinese Christian Posters . For more information on the “Ars Sacra Pekinensis” school of art, see this article , for other artworks of that school in TIPs, see here.

Following is a painting (“Ascension”) by Kim Ki-chang (1913-2001):

Kim Ki-chang (pen name: Unbo) had been deaf and partially mute since the age of 7. He painted a series of 30 paintings for the “Life of Christ” cycle in 1952 during the Korean War. Kim portrayed Jesus as a seonbi / 선비, or a Joseon Period (1392-1910) gentleman scholar, wearing a gat / 갓 (hat) and dopo / 도포 (robe). For other images of Kim Ki-chang art works in TIPs, see here.

The following is a church window based on an of Annie Vallotton. This is installed in a church of the Union des Églises Baptistes du Cameroun in Mowo (Mokong), Cameroon.

Photo and the following description by Ken Hollingsworth

“The windows are open with no screens or glass. The pictures were fabricated by projecting the picture using an overhead projector on a piece of plywood. They were drawn on the plywood with charcoal. Then the fabricator cut pieces of iron rebar to make the picture. Then the iron pieces were welded together. Later, when the pictures were installed, they were painted with different colors to help the people ‘see’ the picture.”

It's a ghost!

The following is a church window based on an image of Annie Vallotton. This is installed in a church of the Union des Églises Baptistes du Cameroun in Mowo (Mokong), Cameroon.

Photo and the following description by Ken Hollingsworth

“The windows are open with no screens or glass. The pictures were fabricated by projecting the picture using an overhead projector on a piece of plywood. They were drawn on the plywood with charcoal. Then the fabricator cut pieces of iron rebar to make the picture. Then the iron pieces were welded together. Later, when the pictures were installed, they were painted with different colors to help the people ‘see’ the picture.”

He has been found

The following is a church window based on an image of Annie Vallotton. This is installed in a church of the Union des Églises Baptistes du Cameroun in Mowo (Mokong), Cameroon.

Photo and the following description by Ken Hollingsworth

“The windows are open with no screens or glass. The pictures were fabricated by projecting the picture using an overhead projector on a piece of plywood. They were drawn on the plywood with charcoal. Then the fabricator cut pieces of iron rebar to make the picture. Then the iron pieces were welded together. Later, when the pictures were installed, they were painted with different colors to help the people ‘see’ the picture.”

complete verse (Exodus 20:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 20:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Kneel to/worship (plur.) me alone, and do not worship other/any useless things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You shall not worship other gods besides me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘[You (plur.)] do- not -worship other gods besides me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “‘No other god is able to exist as your (sing.) god. I alone am your God.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Not god other have. Have be me alone.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • Mofu-Gudur: “You must not bow-down/worship other gods, (as for) bow-down. For me only (the only one). (Source: Ken Hollingsworth)
  • Buduma: “That you add to-me god another not.”
  • Nigerian Fulfulde: “You all will not follow other gods, except me only.” (Source: Mark Gaddis)
  • Jur Mödö: “Do not make (or “take”) anything as God for yourselves except me.” (Source: Andrew Persson)
  • North Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan Bibliyası 2008): “Except from me other gods must not be.”
  • English: “So you must worship only me; you must not worship any other god.” (Source: Translation for Translators)